South America - Brazil Boggiani, Guido I Caduvei (Mbaya' o Guaycuru'). Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale. With numerous illustrations. Rome, Loescher, 1895. 4°. XXIII, 339 PP. Orig. paper boards in decorated wrappers (browned, with losses and small defects, book block broken). First edition. - {With autograph dedication by the author}. - Original Italian edition of this report on Guido Boggiani's journey to Brazil and his coexistence with the Caduvei people in Mato Grosso, a then practically unknown indigenous tribe with whom Boggiani lived, shared their customs and learnt their language. Boggiani also collected a number of artefacts - tools and implements from the tribe - and brought them to Rome, where they form an important collection in the city's Prehistoric and Ethnographic Museum. - {Including:} 2nd Expl. - Wide-margined, uncut copy (without the decorated cover, page edges somewhat browned). South America. First edition. - {With personal dedication by the author}. - Original Italian edition of this account of Guido Boggiani's journey to Brazil and his coexistence with the Caduvei people of Mato Grosso, a then virtually unknown indigenous tribe with whom Boggiani lived, shared their customs and learned their language. Boggiani also collected a number of objects - tools and implements of the tribe - and brought them to Rome, where they form an important collection in the city's Prehistoric and Ethnographic Museum. - {Including: 2nd copy} - Wide-margined, untrimmed copy (without the decorated cover, page edges somewhat browned). This lot is taxed. A premium of 24.95% will be added to the hammer price and 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) to the final invoice amount in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.